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School: Monreagh (roll number 7143)

Location:
Monreagh, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
R. J. James
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1105, Page 124

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    As bad as the rats. As will try to take a cat out of a stocking. A galloping horse will never see it(said of some in different work). He wants a pest of his load(said of a foolish person). He has as much in his noggin as he can chew. He is as bad as Tam the Devil. He would go over the nine Glen's to get what he wants. He is a quarter clift(said of a fool). Long sickness death at last said of a pair who were engaged for a long period and finally got married. A watched pot is long in boiling.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Emily Wray
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Derrymore, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mrs Martha Wray
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Derrymore, Co. Donegal